Richard Ciupka

Richard Ciupka is a Canadian cinematographer and film director He is perhaps best known for his work on the 1983 horror film Curtains as well as his collaborations with Louis Malle on the 1980 film Atlantic City Alexandre Arcady on the 1985 film HoldUp and Claude Chabrol on three feature films in France Ciupka also filmed or directed over 520 television commercials in Canada and the United States His work on the Canadian drama series Nouvelle adresse garnered him a Gémeaux award for Best Cinematography Dramatic Born in Liège Belgium Ciupka immigrated to the United States at age six His first work as a cinematographer was on the Canadian film The Mystery of the Million Dollar Hockey Puck 1975 followed by Ilsa the Tigress of Siberia 1977 and the television film An American Christmas Carol 1979 He made his directorial debut with the horror film Curtains 1983 however Ciupka left the production midway through over creative differences with producer Peter R Simpson and is credited as Jonathan Stryker Since 2013 Richard has worked as a cinematographer on TV series and feature films Richard also produced and DirectedPhotograohed over 520 TV commercials in Canada and the USA Source Article Richard Ciupka from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30